Where does “haring babae” come from?

haring babae (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog babae, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian bahi — female, woman.

haring babae (Tagalog): queen

Definitions

  1. queen

Ancestry of “haring babae”, step by step

haring babae traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog babae

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbabaewoman; girl; female; mistress; concubine
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianba-bahiwoman
3Proto-Austronesianba-bahiwoman; female
4Proto-Austronesianbahifemale, woman

via Tagalog hari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloghariking
2Old Javanesehajiking
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bahi →Every word from Proto-Austronesian ba-bahi →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ba-bahi →